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Five members reappointed to VIA Rail Canada board

By Trains Staff | April 7, 2022

| Last updated on March 19, 2024


Board chair Francoise Bertrand among those receiving new terms

VIA Rail Canada logoOTTAWA — Canada’s Minister of Transport, Omar Alghabra, has reappointed five members of the VIA Rail Canada board of directors.

Reappointed were chairwoman Francoise Bertrand of Montreal, for a term of 18 months; directors Jonathan Franklin Goldbloom (Montreal) and Gail Louise Stephens (Victoria, British Columbia), for four-year terms; Naella-Kathy Baig of Montreal, for three years; and H. Glenn Rainbird (Belleville, Ontario) for two years.

They are part of a 13-member board, including VIA CEO Cynthia Garneau. Bertrand has been board chair since spring 2017; the others joined the board in June 2017.

More information on the board members is available at this page on VIA’s website.

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